It has long been a standard practice for most Kentucky employers to have a non-attorney employee, such as a supervisor or HR representative, appear on behalf of the company at unemployment insurance (UI) benefits hearings. It came as quite a shock to the business...
Year: 2021
#MeToo and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace in Recent Years
It has been almost four years since the #MeToo movement gained significant traction in media– a global movement in which survivors of sexual harassment and sexual assault shared their stories to bring attention to gender and sexual discrimination (in and out of the...
EEOC 2020 Statistics: Retaliation Still Prevalent in the Workplace
While the COVID-19 pandemic posed a variety of new challenges for employers, some things remained the same: discrimination, retaliation, and harassment in the workplace remain prevalent. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission—which is tasked with enforcing...